Swat:
At least two children died while one was injured after a landslide struck the Watkay Gul Abad area, outskirts of Mingora city in Swat on Monday.
The Swat Rescue 1122, Spokesperson, Shafiqa Gul told The Northern Post, the rescue 1122 team has made efforts and pulled out all the four children, buried underneath of landslide rubles and have been moved
to the Saidu Teaching Hospital, Swat.
She said the children were alive while shifting to the hospital and two of them succumbed to their injuries in the hospital.
The Rescue 1122, Swat spokesperson said the children were playing near their house “under-construction site” when the landslide struck them, burying them alive.
The deceased and injured children were between 3-7 years and relatives of each other.
The Rescue 1122 official said on receiving the information, Rescue 1122 medical and disaster rescue teams reached the spot and started the search operation.
Doctors have confirmed the death of two children while two children are injured and being treated in the health facility.
According to local residents, there were only four children under the debris, who have been recovered by the rescue men and shifted to hospital.
The Provincial disaster management authority PDMA also confirmed the incident and deaths of two later the day.
Similar incident had occurred in Shangla’s Martung area four days ago in which 8 children were killed and one injured
-
Pakhtuns face uncertain life in Pakistan, Says Pashteen
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) chief, Manzoor Pashteen has said in a first ever rally in S… -
Ballot Delivery Issues Disrupt Voting for Disabled in the Feb 08 Elections
Nineteen-year-old Fawad Ali, who has a spinal cord injury (SCI, was eager to vote for the … -
Swat River and Right of Resistance
By: Usman Torwali Swat is affectionately called the Switzerland of Pakistan for its stunni…
Load More Related Articles
-
Pakhtuns face uncertain life in Pakistan, Says Pashteen
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) chief, Manzoor Pashteen has said in a first ever rally in S… -
RPO Malakand asked Shangla police to be vigilant against any threat
SHANGLA: Regional police officer, Malakand division, Muhammad Ali Khan asked the Shangla p… -
Man kill two wives, step son in Oghi Mansehra
A neighborhood council chair-man in Oghi Mansehra shot dead his wives and stepson this mor…
Load More By Our Correspondent
-
Man kill two wives, step son in Oghi Mansehra
A neighborhood council chair-man in Oghi Mansehra shot dead his wives and stepson this mor… -
Cross FIR lodged against Amir Muqam, Ibadullah, DC Shangla
On the order of the additional session judge, Shangla, Muhammad Khan Yousafzai, the Shangl… -
Immediate recovery of missing young girl demanded
Islamabad: The civil society of Gilgit-Baltistan, child rights organizations, the human ri…
Load More In KP/GB
Check Also
74 leaders of PTI aquitted for February, 9 violence
The anti-terrorism court has acquitted 74 leaders and workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-I-In…